Apple’s vice president of health Sumbul Desai today spoke with Indian publication Businessline, where she talked about Apple’s health initiatives and gave a tiny bit of insight into Apple’s thoughts on glucose monitoring for the Apple Watch.

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When asked if Apple would bring blood sugar tracking sensors to the Apple Watch, Desai said that these capabilities are “really important areas, but they require a lot of science behind them.”

Her comments come just a few days after Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman said that Apple has hit a milestone in its noninvasive blood glucose monitoring technology. Apple has been working on this functionality for at least a decade, and now has a “proof-of-concept” model that is viable.

For more details, read the full story at MacRumors: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/02/27/apple-health-vp-on-glucose-monitoring/